Access to Excellence

Granite State College recently underwent a review of its teacher certification programs by the New Hampshire Department of Education Council for Teacher Education as a part of the process for gaining approval for several new certification programs the college has seeking to offer. The review process is an intensive one in which a review team spends a few days at the college reviewing all aspects of the certification programs. 

The Education Programs team at Granite State is highly focussed on quality and innovation and I was particularly pleased to read several commendations in the review teams site visit report. Some excerpts from the report truly highlight the great work being done at Granite State College:

"Granite State College Post Baccalaureate Teacher Certification program is to be commended for outstanding course and program design, which embodies the development and application of a standards-based, best practices curriculum."

"Granite State College Post Baccalaureate Teacher Certification program is to be commended for its extensive systematic process of assessment and evaluation of programs, teacher candidates, and faculty advisors."

In fact, there were five commendations in all and each speaks to the commitment to quality our education team has. I congratulated the Education Programs team on this recognition from the visiting team.